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A Gaussian approach for continuous time models of the short-term interest rate

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  • JUN YU

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  • PETER C. B. PHILLIPS

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This paper proposes a Gaussian estimator for nonlinear continuous time models of the short-term interest rate. The approach is based on a stopping time argument that produces a normalizing transformation facilitating the use of a Gaussian likelihood. A Monte Carlo study shows that the finite-sample performance of the proposed procedure offers an improvement over the discrete approximation method proposed by Nowman (1997). An em-pirical application to US and British interest rates is given.

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Volume (Year): 4 (2001)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 3

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Keywords: Gaussian Estimation; Continuous Time Models; Stochastic Differential Equation; Nonlinear Diffusion; Short-term Interest Rate; Normalizing Transformation; Maximum Likelihood; Level Effect.;

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